The emperor is very ruthless this time, the grain of an acre of land has to be handled by the officials and their husbands and wives, Yun Zheng feels that the emperor is stunned, these officials spend a lot of time doing this thing It is very worth the loss, not to mention anything else, just the court stopped operating for five days, such a loss can not be estimated, but such a chaotic life, from Pang Ji to the imperial history, no one raised any objections. As for Yun Zheng's construction in political affairs, people have always listened to it as a song.

If the Yun family's farming is a bit miserable, Wang Anshi and his wife's farming is a little tragic, in the summer, Wang Anshi accidentally got the epidemic, that is, diarrhea and swinging, the disease is a little better, his wife Wu was born in a scholarly family, where will he farm, and his health is not good, but Wang Anshi's family does not accept concubines, so only the two of them are playing with their lives.

Wang Anshi coughed twice and cut the wheat twice, but Wu could only help her husband clean up the wheat in the back, and his family's wheat was harvested less than 20%.

On the edge of the field of Huangzhuang is a huge wheat field, and the pavilion where officials stay overnight is on the edge of the wheat field, which was originally a sacrificial place for the emperor when he was pro-farming, and now all of them are vacated for officials to stay overnight, of course, some people will not live in those gloomy places, and specially prepared military tents, such as Shi Shouxin did this, his wife is too much.

There is a huge wheat straw stack on the edge of the wheat field, Yun Zheng and Shi Shouxin dug a big hole in the straw stack, and now the two of them are hiding in the grass hole and drinking wine to watch Wang Anshi and his family cut wheat.

"Yunhou, the old man has lived for almost sixty years, why can't he understand what this Wang Anshi is going to do? Knowing that the most unlucky person who put forward such a proposal is himself, why should he feel uncomfortable with himself? ”

Shi Zhongxin brought wine. Ice and honey are also added to it, although it is a bit of a waste of expensive wine to drink like this, but it tastes very good and you can't find the slightest sourness, Yun Zheng likes it very much.

"He is expressing his determination to His Majesty, and he is also expressing his selfless side to His Majesty, but anyone who can support people like you and me to cut wheat should not be underestimated, if I guess correctly, the long-preached Qingmiao Law will be implemented."

Shi Zhongxin's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Hurry up and implement it, every family is waiting." There is only two cents of interest on the money. Where to find such a cheap thing? We just need to borrow the money back, and then put it into the business, and we will get four cents of profit every year, Yunhou. I don't know if I can borrow 100,000 yuan at a time? ”

Yun Zheng scratched his hair and said, "I don't think I will lend it to you." It will only be lent to the people who have land at home. The money from the Seedlings Law is to be used to expand agricultural production, not for you to use it for business."

"What is the king going to do? He said that the people do not give more, but the country uses enough. I understand this sentence, that is, to use the dead money in the treasury as living money, and charge 20% interest after lending, so that the state can increase its income by 20% every year without raising taxes. But why don't you lend it to us? Don't plan to pay off? ”

Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "The purpose of the people is not only to make money for the imperial court, but also to revitalize agriculture, so that the Great Song Dynasty can be closed and the Huimin warehouse will be enriched, so that the people can get food and clothing, and improve the production conditions of agriculture."

This time the wheat harvest was to give us a taste of the hardships of the farmer's family, thus paving the way for the implementation of the Seedling Law. ”

Shi Zhongxin said with a smile: "My hometown is in Ruizhou, half of the land in Ruizhou is my family's, and most of the money from Ruizhou's loan will definitely fall on my family, how much do you say?" ”

Yun Zheng said with a smile: "You are considered rich, if the people can still live, they will not borrow, those money officials may be forcibly apportioned, and when the time comes, it will make the people miserable, what is the matter with the people taking on a lot of debts?" If you can receive them all, it is estimated that you will be offered as a living bodhisattva in Ruizhou. ”

As soon as Yun Zheng finished saying this, a thunderclap exploded in the sky, and Shi Zhongxin and Yun Zheng couldn't help but shrink into the haystack, and it is estimated that God will not be able to listen to the words just now.

"Yunhou, you said that we will collect all those copper coins and transport them to nearby countries, and then bring the goods, or gold and silver back, will the difference in the price fall into our own hands?"

"Are you sure you can get the money?" Yun Zheng looked at Shi Zhongxin suspiciously, at the beginning of the reform, it was impossible for Wang Anshi not to think of this.

Shi Zhongxin glanced at Yun Zheng with disdain and said, "Go and see, the nobles in Tokyo, whose land is less than your family's?" Wang Xian's family has 100,000 acres of food, not counting the land that his family purchased later.

If the money is distributed according to the state and county, who do you say the money will go to? It just so happens that we can't scrape together the money to build a big ship, and if this money is in place, our shipping business can be tripled.

I heard that you are buying land in Liangshanbo, eight hundred miles, this is a bit of noble courage, this time the money in your hands will not be less, it is better for you to invest a little more in the shipping business, and strive to increase the shares to one percent, and drive away some small shareholders. ”

Yun Zheng swallowed and said, "Who told you that my family has eight hundred miles of land?" That's all for the military households. ”

"Forget it, you are the general, those fields are yours to put it bluntly, as long as you give those people a bite to eat, those people in the Xiang army, endure life, I heard Cao Hu say that he did not send money and food to the military households for a year, and those people did not starve to death...... It's just a little bit thinner......"

Yun Zheng felt that the flame in his chest was about to ignite the firewood and grass, and resisted the urge to strangle Shi Zhongxin alive, and with a stiff smile, he came out of the grass hole and said with a smile: "You go back first, and I will go to find out Wang Anshi's style." ”

Shi Zhongxin was overjoyed, and he gave Yun Zheng a thumbs up, and even ran to his big tent with a jump, and now, the sky has finally begun to rain......

Wang Anshi's chest was wheezing like a bellows, the rain had fallen, and there was still a lot of wheat, this construction was proposed by himself, if he couldn't finish it, it would become a big joke, he couldn't take care of his body anymore, and accelerated the harvest, Wu followed her husband with tears to clean up the wheat......

Wang Anshi worked hard to harvest the wheat, and after cutting down a piece of wheat, he strangely found that he had already harvested the end, and just now he found that there was a large piece of wheat in front of him.

Standing up with a sore back, he found that Yun Zheng was frantically harvesting wheat opposite him, and on the other side of his wheat field, Zeng Gongliang and Han Qi were also helping to harvest.

"Yunhou, this is not in accordance with the rules, the old man's wheat field should be harvested by the old man, I understand your kindness."

After the wheat harvest in front of Yun Zheng was finished, he squatted down to Wang Anshi's side and pointed to the sky and said, "Hurry up and harvest, now is not the time for you to be polite, if the wheat rots to the ground, it will be the biggest trouble." ”

Wang Anshi smiled, put the hat on his head on Wu's head, pointed to the room in the distance and motioned to Wu's to take shelter from the rain, Wu was about to open his mouth to see that her husband's eyes became sharp, so he had to go down to avoid the rain with the help of the maid watching next to him.

The rain is sparse, but it is very large, and it will wet a large piece on the back of the hand, and it is still warm, and more and more people come to Wang Anshi's wheat field to harvest, and after a while, the wheat of the whole field will be harvested.

When the wheat was transported to the grain field and stacked, the rain became dense, and in an instant the sky and the earth were already watery.

Taking advantage of the panic, Yun Zheng dragged Wang Anshi into the grass hole he had just dug with Shi Zhongxin, and there were tall wheat straw stacks to block the rain, which looked very dry.

It can be seen that Wang Anshi is extremely tired, and he gasps for breath when he enters the haystack. Yun Zheng took the glass bottle next to him and poured him a large glass of wine, which he took over and drank it all.

"Sister-in-law won't worry about you getting rainy, right?"

"No, she can see that you have something to say to me. If you have anything to say, it's also very interesting to hide in the haystack and talk, the old man did this when he was young, but he didn't expect to have a day to revisit. Although Wang Anshi was still panting, his eyes became extremely deep.

"You want the people to use it without giving it, to put it bluntly, you have to borrow money to collect interest, in this case, we all have to be simpler, you don't have to train us people to work like dogs.

How much are you going to lend, give an accurate amount, and let's see if we can divide this amount, and after a year, it will definitely give you two cents of interest, what do you think? Yun Zheng took a sip of his wine glass and asked.

Wang Anshi laughed and said: "The Qingmiao Law is imperative, creating income for the imperial court is only a trivial role, the most important mission is to revitalize agriculture, so that the whole world can increase agricultural input, so as to produce more food, why did Yunhou knowingly ask?" ”

Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "I didn't misinterpret what you meant, I'm just telling you the final result of the Qingmiao Law, if you lend us money, not only will it be more secure, but you can also receive interest, and most importantly, it can also bring an increase in the commercial tax of the Great Song Dynasty, I think, with such a benefit, you, the third envoy, should be satisfied." ”

"Yun Hou is saying that the Qingmiao Law will eventually become a usury? I only lend to people who have land, and they can only use it for agricultural purposes, such as buying livestock, buying seeds, and buying farm tools. Wang Anshi finally understood Yun Zheng's words.

"There will be no difference, if you take two cents of interest, the state government will dare to collect three cents, and the county government will dare to collect four cents of interest and five cents of interest, and in the end it is almost no different from usury, so you might as well lend us from the beginning, so that it will not disturb the people, and everyone will be better!"

"Hehehe, the Qingmiao Law was not pioneered by the old man, he has begun to implement it since the previous dynasty, and the historical records have a good effect, the country has obtained income, and the people have expanded their industries. Why did Yunhou say it was usury? Since there will inevitably be relevant laws for lending, who would dare to break the ban? Wang Anshi crossed his legs and was ready to debate with Yun Zheng.

"Oh my God, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlords were fighting, the people were displaced, everyone was destitute, and there was nothing to do but their hands, and the warlords lent money and goods to the people, creating the most primitive labor foundation for them, so they could get a temporary effect. How do you compare the current Great Song Dynasty with the late Tang Dynasty? (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 2